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Aliens of the Cape Peninsula

A quick guide to aliens recorded as naturalized on the Cape Peninsula

As guides can only do 500 species the list stops in "Solanum" and 80 species are omitted (this is our short list: there are over 800 species known at present).

Bigelow's Plantain
Plantago bigelovii
Buck's-horn Plantain 1
Plantago coronopus
ribwort plantain 2
Plantago lanceolata
greater plantain 3
Plantago major
blue plumbago 4
Plumbago auriculata
four-leaved allseed
Polycarpon tetraphyllum tetraphyllum
Purple Broom 5
Polygala virgata
prostrate knotweed 6
Polygonum aviculare
Populus canescens
rose-moss-of-garden 4
Portulaca grandiflora
Common purslane 7
Portulaca oleracea
Indian strawberry 8
Potentilla indica
western honey mesquite 9
Prosopis glandulosa torreyana
velvet mesquite 10
Prosopis velutina
common shuttlecock sugarbush 11
Protea aurea aurea
Burchell's sugarbush 12
Protea burchellii
Bot River sugarbush 13
Protea compacta
broad-leaved sugarbush 14
Protea eximia
Hottentot’s Holland sugarbush 15
Protea lacticolor
Protea laurifolia 16
Protea magnifica 17
oleander-leaf protea 18
Protea neriifolia
stink-leaf sugarbush
Protea susannae
Prunus persica persica
Common guava 19
Psidium guajava
slender or woolly firethorn 20
Pyracantha angustifolia
Firethorn 21
Pyracantha coccinea
Mirbeck's oak 22
Quercus canariensis
Turkey Oak 23
Quercus cerris
Holm oak 24
Quercus ilex
pin oak 25
Quercus palustris
pedunculate oak 26
Quercus robur
cork oak 27
Quercus suber
Rough-fruited buttercup 28
Ranunculus muricatus
Jointed Charlock 29
Raphanus raphanistrum
annual bastard cabbage 30
Rapistrum rugosum
Quinine Tree 31
Rauvolfia caffra
yellow mignonette 32
Reseda lutea
castor bean 33
Ricinus communis
Rougeplant 34
Rivina humilis
black locust 35
Robinia pseudoacacia
watercress 36
Nasturtium officinale
European bramble complex 37
Rubus fruticosus
Roseleaf Bramble 38
Rubus rosifolius
Rumex acetosella angiocarpus
Clustered Dock 39
Rumex conglomeratus
curled dock
Rumex crispus
Rumex pulcher divaricatus
Sea Pearlwort 40
Sagina maritima
weeping willow 41
Salix babylonica
goat willow 42
Salix caprea
crack willow 43
Salix euxina
saltwort 1
Salsola kali
black elderberry 44
Sambucus nigra
Peruvian peppertree 45
Schinus molle
Brazilian pepper tree 46
Schinus terebinthifolius
dwarf marigold 47
Schkuhria pinnata
German knotgrass 48
Scleranthus annuus
creeping groundsel 49
Senecio angulatus
Senecio polyanthemoides
Shoddy Ragwort 50
Senecio pterophorus
African Wild Cassia 51
Senna didymobotrya
scarlet sesban 52
Sesbania punicea
Cuban jute 53
Sida rhombifolia
Rose-of-heaven
Silene coeli-rosa
Small-flowered Catchfly 54
Silene gallica
milk thistle
Silybum marianum
White Mustard 55
Sinapis alba
Wild Mustard 56
Sinapis arvensis
Hedge mustard 57
Sisymbrium officinale
eastern rocket 58
Sisymbrium orientale
soda-apple nightshade 59
Solanum aculeastrum
silverleaf nightshade 60
Solanum elaeagnifolium
giant bitter-apple 61
Solanum giganteum
tomato 62
Solanum lycopersicum
white-margined nightshade 63
Solanum marginatum
bugweed 64
Solanum mauritianum
black nightshade 65
Solanum nigrum

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